Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WESTERFIELD

WESTERFIELD, a parish, with a village and a r. station, in Ipswich district, Suffolk; on the East Suffolk railway, 2½ miles NNE of Ipswich. Post town, Ipswich. Acres, 1,070. Real property, £1,891. Pop., 325. Houses, 74. W. House is the seat of E. Packard, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £350.* Patron, the Bishop of N. The church is good, having three painted windows; and there are an endowed school with £10 a year, and charities £16.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

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Feature Description: "a parish, with a village and a r station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Westerfield AP/CP       Ipswich RegD/PLU       Suffolk AncC
Place: Westerfield

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